Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, front, wraps a pass around Detroit Pistons forward Stanley Johnson during the second half of Tuesday’s game at Staples Center. Ball instigated a lot of offense by driving into the paint. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, front, wraps a pass around Detroit Pistons forward Stanley Johnson during the second half of Tuesday’s game at Staples Center. Ball instigated a lot of offense by driving into the paint. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

LOS ANGELES — Brandon Ingram brought the defense, Brook Lopez was sharp from beyond the arc and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, a Halloween Steve Urkel, was so excited to play his former team that he nearly busted out of his suspenders.

Julius Randle’s energy. Kyle Kuzma’s efficiency.

By the time Luke Walton got done doling out compliments after the Lakers secured a comfortable 113-93 win over Detroit, he looked pooped.

“You want me to keep going?” he asked.

Well, what about Lonzo Ball?

“Take away the Phoenix game,” Walton said. “This is the best game he played, I thought.

“He just set the tone,” Walton said, “and I thought the whole team fed off the way he was playing. I didn’t even look at his final stat line because I don’t even care what it was. I thought he was really, really impressive tonight.”

The Lakers shot 49.5 percent from the field and, more impressive, were 12 for 26 from 3-point range. Entering the night, they were statistically the league’s most inept 3-point shooting team. Through six games they ranked last in 3-pointers made (6.7 per game) as well as percentage (27.8).

“Every shot we took was in rhythm,” said Ingram, who finished with 13 points, six assists, five rebounds and four steals. “Whether it was a swing or a penetration, drive and kick, everything was in rhythm.”

In all, seven players reached double figures for the Lakers, led by 17 points and seven rebounds from Julius Randle, who seems to have found a home as a backup center. Walton said fans behind him constantly yell at him to put Randle in the game.

Ball did not pick up his second assist until the final two minutes of the third quarter. His third dime came on the subsequent play, when he split defenders and then made a nifty drop to Andrew Bogut for a layup.

When Ingram beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer moments later, the Lakers held an 87-72 advantage – at the time their largest lead of the night.

Ball did not play from that point on, a testament to the work he and the rest of the Lakers had done on their most balanced night of the season. But the player who took all of the blame in a loss three nights earlier on Tuesday sought none of the credit for the victory.

“It’s a good game any time we win,” he said. “It was our third win, my third good game.”

Bill Oram covers the Los Angeles Lakers for the Southern California News Group. He covered the Utah Jazz for the Salt Lake Tribune. He is the (usually) bearded guy in the background wearing a University of Montana hat.

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